The IIDA has announced the winners of the inaugural Healthcare Interior Design Competition, an international Interior Design competition honoring and celebrating outstanding originality and excellence in the planning and design of healthcare interior spaces.
Winners were announced in four categories that included Ambulatory Care Centers, Hospice Care, Hospitals, and Senior Living & Residential Health, Care, and Support Facilities. The Best of Competition was selected from the Best of Category winners.
Recognition was given to the following award winners in four categories and project types:
Ambulatory Care Centers
Best of Category:
Project: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Brooklyn Infusion Center, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Firm: ZGF Architects, Portland, Oregon, USA
Honorable Mention:
Project: Living Well Health Center, Redmond, Washington, USA
Firm: NBBJ, Seattle, Washington, USA
Honorable Mention:
Project: Executive Medical Clinic, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Firm: Gow Hastings Architects, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Hospice Care
Best of Category:
Project: Bayt Abdullah Children’s Hospice, Sulaibikhat, Kuwait
Firm: NBBJ, Columbus, Ohio, USA
Hospitals
Honorable Mention:
Project: Advocate Condell Medical Center, West Tower Expansion, Libertyville, Illinois, USA
Firm: HDR Architecture, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, USA
Honorable Mention:
Project: North Shore LIJ Katz Women’s Hospital and Zuckerberg Pavillion, New Hyde Park, New York,
USA
Firm: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, New York, New York, USA
Senior Living & Residential Health, Care, and Support Facilities
Best of Category:
Project: The Summit, Grand Prairie, Texas, USA
Firm: Brinkley Sargent Architects, Dallas, Texas, USA
Best of Competition
Project: Bayt Abdullah Children’s Hospice, Sulaibikhat, Kuwait
Firm: NBBJ, Columbus, Ohio, USA
The winners of the competition were selected from over 100 submissions from around the globe by a panel of interior design professionals, who specialize in healthcare interiors. The jury included:
- Debbie Gregory, Associate IIDA, Allied ASID, Co-founder & President, NIHD, Senior Clinical Consultant, Smith Seckman Reid, Inc., in Nashville, Tennessee
- Amy Lopez, IIDA, AAHID, Vice President, Smith Seckman Reid, Inc. in Houston, Texas
- Peggy Noakes, FIIDA, AAHID, LEED AP, EDAC, VP, Director of Consulting for American Art Resources in Houston, Texas
Winners will be featured in the October issue of Healthcare Design magazine, as well as on the IIDA website.





